Whether you like the label 'Anthropocene' or not, whether you find the prospect of what it signifies inevitable or appalling (or both), the time has come to address its implications, as these thoughtful, battle-tested authors attempt to do. The time has long since come.
When you want to do something creative and you want to do something new, you have to start with the thing that's making you want to jump up out of bed in the morning.